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At least a browser is somewhat sand-boxed to protect users, a native image tool could quite easily gain complete control of your system...
by gitgud 7y ago
At least a browser is somewhat sand-boxed to protect users, a native image tool could quite easily gain complete control of your system...
- adrianN 7y agoWith the native image tool you have much more control about when you want to upgrade. The risk of someone replacing a trusted tool with a malicious version is lower when the tool is managed by apt or brew or whatever you use on Windows.
- gitgud 7y agoTrue, but in some cases (like small tools like this) I prefer the sand-boxed nature of web apps. Downloading a random tool, - even to test with - can be malicious...